REACTIVITY | SENSITIVITY | MW (kDa) | Isotype |
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H M R | Endogenous | Mouse IgG1 |
Flow cytometric analysis of HeLa cells (blue) and MCF7 cells (green) using E-Cadherin (4A2) Mouse mAb (Alexa Fluor® 647 Conjugate) (solid lines) or concentration-matched Mouse (MOPC-21) mAb IgG1 Isotype Control (Alexa Fluor® 647 Conjugate) #4843 (dashed lines).
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posted July 2009
revised June 2017
Protocol Id: 407
Application | Dilutions |
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Flow Cytometry | 1:50 |
Supplied in PBS (pH 7.2), less than 0.1% sodium azide and 2 mg/ml BSA. Store at 4°C. Do not aliquot the antibody. Protect from light. Do not freeze.
E-Cadherin (4A2) Mouse mAb (Alexa Fluor® 647 Conjugate) recognizes endogenous levels of total E-cadherin protein. This antibody does not cross-react with other cadherin proteins.
Human, Mouse, Rat
Monoclonal antibody is produced by immunizing animals with recombinant protein specific to human E-cadherin protein.
This Cell Signaling Technology antibody is conjugated to Alexa Fluor® 647 fluorescent dye and tested in-house for direct flow cytometric analysis in human cells. The antibody is expected to exhibit the same species cross-reactivity as the unconjugated E-Cadherin (4A2) Mouse mAb #14472.
Cadherins are a superfamily of transmembrane glycoproteins that contain cadherin repeats of approximately 100 residues in their extracellular domain. Cadherins mediate calcium-dependent cell-cell adhesion and play critical roles in normal tissue development (1). The classic cadherin subfamily includes N-, P-, R-, B-, and E-cadherins, as well as about ten other members that are found in adherens junctions, a cellular structure near the apical surface of polarized epithelial cells. The cytoplasmic domain of classical cadherins interacts with β-catenin, γ-catenin (also called plakoglobin), and p120 catenin. β-catenin and γ-catenin associate with α-catenin, which links the cadherin-catenin complex to the actin cytoskeleton (1,2). While β- and γ-catenin play structural roles in the junctional complex, p120 regulates cadherin adhesive activity and trafficking (1-4). Investigators consider E-cadherin an active suppressor of invasion and growth of many epithelial cancers (1-3). Research studies indicate that cancer cells have upregulated N-cadherin in addition to loss of E-cadherin. This change in cadherin expression is called the "cadherin switch." N-cadherin cooperates with the FGF receptor, leading to overexpression of MMP-9 and cellular invasion (3). Research studies have shown that in endothelial cells, VE-cadherin signaling, expression, and localization correlate with vascular permeability and tumor angiogenesis (5,6). Investigators have also demonstrated that expression of P-cadherin, which is normally present in epithelial cells, is also altered in ovarian and other human cancers (7,8).
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